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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories - Dec 1

The Christmas Tree

Over the years our family has had a wide variety of Christmas trees - short ones, tall ones, real ones, artificial ones (including the famous Silver Tree). There were many beautiful trees. And then there was this one.

This was Christmas 1963 (I think). I'm not sure who picked this tree when my brother, sister and I went out with Daddy to cut down our own Christmas tree. Doesn't it make you wonder how pitiful the trees we passed on had to have been?

This post was written for the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories. I won't be participating every day but you can click on the badge to read Christmas memories posted by other GeneaBloggers from now through Christmas Eve.

When I look at pictures of our old trees, they all look pretty scraggly compared to today's trees. I don't think they put as much "science" into growing them in those days. But ever since Charlie Brown, they all seem precious anyway!